CVE-2023-4237 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-4237

Platform: ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. When creating a new keypair, the ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output. This flaw allows an attacker to fetch those keys from the log files, compromising the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Red Hat would like to thank Jill Rouleau (redhat) for reporting this issue.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.0-423, 1.0.0-424

Timeline

Official Publish: October 4th, 2023
Last Modified: February 25th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)